English Explanatory Dictionary

tiding

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. News; new information.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of tide

Pronunciation

/ˈtaɪdɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tiding.wav

Word forms

tiding tidings tidind tidinde

Etymology

From a merger of Middle English tiding, tidinge, from Late Old English tīdung, with Middle English tidinde, tidende, from or influenced by Old Norse tíðindi (“news, tidings”), both connected to Old English tīdan (“to befall; happen”). Though it is sometimes assumed that the form in -ind/-end is original and later assimilated to -ing, the cognates Dutch tijding and German Zeitung point to inheritance from Proto-West Germanic *tīdungō. By surface analysis, tide (“time”) + -ing.

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